Found 2 items, similar to Gib.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gib
gib
n : a castrated tomcat
[also:
gibbing,
gibbed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gib
Gib
\Gib\, n. [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in
the old story of
“Reynard the Fox”. in the
“Romaunt of the
Rose”, etc.]
A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]
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Gib
\Gib\, v. i.
To act like a cat. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Gib
\Gib\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a
machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind
them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually
held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.
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Gib and key, or
Gib and cotter (Steam Engine), the fixed
wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used
for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the
end of a connecting rod.
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Gib
\Gib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gibbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gibbing.]
To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a
gib, or gibs.
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Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is
held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
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Gib
\Gib\, v. i.
To balk. See
Jib, v. i. --Youatt.
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